- Date
- December 29, 1985, 23:50 local (Dec 30, 1985, 07:50 UTC)
- Place
- Hoquiam, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N40199Stinson 108
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40262
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The acft contacted terrain 680 ft north of rwy 06 at bowerman airfield. The acft departed elma arpt, ocean shores, WA, sometime around 2330 PST, on 12-29-85. Prior to the departure the passenger stated to persons they were waiting for the fog to clear for departure. A witness reported hearing an acft make at least two attempts to land at elmo arpt around 2330 PST. According to the witness, the wx was IFR with dense ground fog. Witnesses in Hoquiam and aberdeen reported seeing the acft heading west, above ground fog around 2345 PST. Evidence at the accident site indicated the eng was not producing pwr at the time of impact. No evidence of useable fuel on board the acft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40199
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-129
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John P Vene
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S26 · Ocean Shores, WA
- Destination
- WA22 · Elma, WA
- Airport
- HQM · Bowerman Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OLM, 42 nm away